Since over 5 years the Thoracic Oncology Center is a strong pillar of the Cancer Center Zürich. During this time span our knowledge of the biology of lung cancer has greatly improved. Lung cancer screening is on its way to become a reality and progress has been made in surgical techniques as well as with stereotactic radiotherapy of thoracic malignancies. Also, patients can profit from considerable advances in personalized therapy and immunotherapy leading to new therapeutic concepts. A strong Swiss–Chinese collaboration with the Shanghai Chest Hospital has been established by the Department of Thoracic Surgery over the past eight years and resulted in a fruitful exchange on the science and practice of treatment of chest malignancies.

The Cancer Center Zürich and its Thoracic Oncology Center are proud to invite you for a full day of scientific exchange, and its members are looking forward seeing and discussing with you the current and future developments which are bringing new hope for our patients.